Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 25 January:   JUVENTINO ROSAS = Mexican composer, band leader = [died: 1894]
• 19 April:   MAX VON SCHILLINGS = German composer, conductor = [died: 1933]
• 22 April:   JOSÉ VIANNA DA MOTTA = Portuguese composer, pianist = [died: 1948]
• 7 August:   GRANVILLE BANTOCK = British composer = [died: 1946]
• 21 August:   VESS OSSMAN = American ragtime banjo artist = [died: 1923]
• 12 September:   JAN BRANDTS BUYS = Dutch composer = [died: 1933]
• 24 November:   SCOTT JOPLIN = African-American composer and pianist = [died: 1917]

Timeline of Musical Events

• 3 February: PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY's Symphony No. 1 ("Winter Dreams") is first performed in Moscow.
• 21 June: RICHARD WAGNER's opera Die Meistersinger debuts in Munich's Hoftheater. The conductor is Hans von Bulow.


• Undated:
• MODEST MUSSORGSKY begins work on Boris Godunov, which is completed six years later.
• JOHANNES BRAHMS completes his work for soloists, chorus and orchestra, Ein deutsches Requiem (his Opus 45).

Published Popular Music

• "Come Back To Erin" = by CLARIBEL
• "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still" = lyrics by J.E. CARPENTER music by W.T. WRIGHTON
• "I Cannot Sing The Old Songs" = lyrics &.music by CLARIBEL (CHARLOTTE ALINGTON [MRS. CHARLES BARNARD])
• "Little Footsteps" = lyrics by MICHAEL BENNETT LEAVITT; music by JAMES A. BARNEY
• "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" = by GEORGE LEYBOURNE, GASTON LYLE, & ALFRED LEE (first published the previous year)
• "Sweet Bye and Bye" = lyrics by S. FILLMORE; music by JOSEPH P. WEBSTER
• "Walking In The Zoo" = lyrics by HUGH WILLOUGHBY SWENY; music by ALFRED LEE
• "The Whispering Hope" = by SEPTIMUS WINNER
• "The Widow In The Cottage By The Sea" = lyrics &.music by CHARLES A. WHITE
• "Yield Not To Temptation" = lyrics &.music by HORATIO R. PALMER

Classical Music

• JEAN-BAPTISTE ACCOLAY
• Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor
• GEORGES BIZET
• Variations chromatiques de concert for piano
• IGNAS BRULL
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in C, op. 24
• PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
• Songs Without Words
• Fatum

Opera

• ARRIGO BOITO
• Mefistofele
• GAETANO BRAGA
• Ruy Blas
• GIALDINO GIALDINI
• Rosmunda premiered March 5 at the Teatro Pergola, Florence
• JACQUES OFFENBACH
• The Island of Tulipatan
• RICHARD WAGNER
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, premiered in the Konigliches Hof- und National-Theater, Munich

Musical Theatre

• Opening: 13 January 1868 @ Academy of Music, New York, NY
• THE DESERT FLOWER [Original production]
  (Musical, Opera)
• Libretto by: A. Harris, T.J. Williams
• Closing: 15 January 1868               Performance Count: 2


• Opening: 17 January 1868 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY
• THE WHITE FAWN [Original production]
  (Musical, Burlesque, Spectacle)
• Music by: Howard Glover;   Written by: James Mortimer
• Closing: 11 July 1868               Performance Count: 176


• Opening: 22 January 1868 @ Worrell Sisters' New York Theatre, New York, NY
• PICKWICK PAPERS [Original production]
  (Play)
• Written by: Augustin Daly
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 10 March 1868 @ Olympic Theatre, New York, NY
• HUMPTY DUMPTY [Original production]
  (Special, Ballet, Pantomime)
• Music by: Anthony Reiff;   Written by: G. L. Fox
• Closing: 15 May 1869               Performance Count: 483


• Opening: 13 April 1868 @ New York Theatre, New York, NY
• PARIS AND HELEN [Original production]
  (Musical)
• Music by: Jacques Offenbach
• Closing: 13 June 1868               Performance Count: 65


• Opening: 10 June 1868 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY
• A FLASH OF LIGHTNING [Original production]
  (Play, Melodrama)
• Written by: Augustin Daly
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 17 June 1868 @ New York Theatre, New York, NY
• THE GRAND DUCHESS OF GÉROLSTEIN [Revival production]
  (Musical, Opera)
• Produced by Irene Worrell, Jennie Worrell and Sophie Worrell
  Book adapted by Ben A. Baker
• Closing: 18 July 1868               Performance Count: 33


• Opening: 25 June 1868 @ Academy of Music, New York, NY, transferring on 30 November to Pike's Opera House, New York, NY
• LISCHEN ET FRITZCHEN [Original production]
  (Musical, Foreign Language)
• Music by: Jacques Offenbach;   Libretto by: Paul Boisselot
• Closing: 5 December 1868               Performance Count: 8


• Opening: 13 July 1868 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY, transferring on 16 November to Pike's Opera House, New York, NY
• BARBE-BLEUE [Original production]
  (Musical, Foreign Language, Opera)
• Music by: Jacques Offenbach;   Libretto by: Ludovic Halévy, Henri Meilhac
• Closing: 5 December 1868               Performance Count: 102


• Opening: 10 August 1868 @ Wallack's Theatre, New York, NY
• FIRE FLY [Original production]
  (Musical, Drama)
• Music by: Thomas Baker;   Written by: Edmund Falconer
• Closing: 5 September 1868               Performance Count: 24


• Opening: 31 August 1868 @ Wood's Museum and Metropolitan, New York, NY
• MARRIAGE BY LANTERNS/66 [Two Show production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Opera)
• Music by Jaques Offenbach
• Closing: 26 September 1868               Performance Count: 20


• Opening: 7 September 1868 @ Wallack's Theatre, New York, NY
• LITTLE NELL AND THE MARCHIONESS [Original production]
  (Play)
• Written by: John Brougham
• Closing: 12 September 1868               Performance Count: 7


• Opening: 28 September 1868 @ Wood's Museum and Metropolitan, New York, NY
• IXION [Original production]
  (Musical, Burlesque, Extravaganza)
• Music by: Michael Connolly
• Closing: 30 January 1869               Performance Count: 120


• Opening: 4 October 1868 @ Pike's Opera House, New York, NY
• LA GRANDE-DUCHESSE DE GÉROLSTEIN [Revival production]
  (Musical, Opera)
• Music by: Jacques Offenbach;   Libretto by: Ludovic Halévy, Henri Meilhac
• Closing: 31 October 1868               Performance Count: 18


• Opening: 2 November 1868 @ Pike's Opera House, New York, NY
• LA BELLE HÉLÈNE [Revival production]
  (Musical, Foreign Language)
• Music by Jacques Offenbach;   Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
• Closing: 14 November 1868               Performance Count: 14


• Opening: 16 November 1868 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY
• AFTER DARK [Original production]
  (Play, Melodrama)
• Written by: Dion Boucicault
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 9 December 1868 @ Pike's Opera House, New York, NY
• LES BAVARDS [Original production]
  (Musical, Foreign Language, Opera)
• Music by: Jacques Offenbach;   Libretto by: Charles Nuitter
• Closing: 2 January 1869               Performance Count: 26


• Opening: 21 December 1868 @ Pike's Opera House, New York, NY
• LA CHANSON DE FORTUNIO [Original production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Opera)
• Music by: Jacques Offenbach;   Libretto by: Hector Crémieux, Ludovic Halévy
• Closing: 2 January 1869               Performance Count: 14


• Opening: 28 December 1868 @ Wood's Museum and Metropolitan, New York, NY
• ERNANI [Original production]
  (Musical, Burlesque, Extravaganza)
• Music by: Michael Connolly;   Written by: William Brough
• Closing: 30 January 1869               Performance Count: 40